Below is a list of 9 the books by this author.
In the midst of a boring summer, soon-to-be fifth grader Angie DelMar discovers something amazing about the eccentric woman who's just moved into... [Read More]
In the midst of a boring summer, soon-to-be fifth grader Angie DelMar discovers something amazing about the eccentric woman who's just moved into town. She is actually a mad scientist who plans to take over the world by enlarging and controlling insects! With the help of her friends Cooper, Genevieve, and Harvey, Angie nabs the mixture and flees. But before they reach safety, the friends encounter a day care center where the mixture is accidentally released. Soon the town is overcome by gigantic toddlers! Can the friends save the town, defeat the scientist, and restore the bawling, blubbering behemoths to their cute and cuddly size?
City-girl Molly makes a bet with her pen pal, Olive, who lives on a farm in Iowa. Olive doesn't believe Molly knows what real country life is like,... [Read More]
City-girl Molly makes a bet with her pen pal, Olive, who lives on a farm in Iowa. Olive doesn't believe Molly knows what real country life is like, and Molly doesn't think Olive would do well in a city. Through a series of emails, they decide they will each spend a day living like the other one does. Between hungry goats and confusing city transportation, the girls realize walking in another person's shoes is not as easy as they expected! First-person narratives that alternate point-of-view from chapter to chapter show the crazy struggles of these two relatable characters.
Theme: Letters
Olive is going to be in a commercial! The only problem is that Olive can't land the gymnastics stunt for it, and she is afraid to tell the truth.... [Read More]
Olive is going to be in a commercial! The only problem is that Olive can't land the gymnastics stunt for it, and she is afraid to tell the truth. Meanwhile, her cross-country pen pal, Molly, has started taken acting classes and is super jealous of Olive, but doesn't want to tell her. Molly goes on a mission to get on a commercial, too, with her new friend from class. Follow the secrets and threatened friendship through reading the jealous emails and alternating first-person points of view to discover Olive's plan to make everything right.
Theme: Letters
Elva Zona Heaster died in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in January 1897. Her death was originally thought to be from natural causes. But when... [Read More]
Elva Zona Heaster died in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in January 1897. Her death was originally thought to be from natural causes. But when Zona's ghost began visiting her mother, the death began to look a lot more suspicious. This terrifying true story details the trial of Zona's murderer and the evidence presented against him from Zona herself, beyond the grave.
Theme: Ghosts
In February 1958, the Hermann family began to experience strange events at their home in Seaford, New York. The first occurrences were harmless--just... [Read More]
In February 1958, the Hermann family began to experience strange events at their home in Seaford, New York. The first occurrences were harmless--just caps popping off of bottles. But soon things escalated. Dishes were smashed, bookshelves toppled over, and objects moved. Could these unexplained events have been the work of a devious poltergeist named Popper?
Theme: Ghosts
Adeline would like to join the cool girls at her middle school, though it means abandoning her friends, and even if it involves a trip to the... [Read More]
Adeline would like to join the cool girls at her middle school, though it means abandoning her friends, and even if it involves a trip to the cemetery at midnight on Halloween--but this is Raven's Pass, and visiting a cemetery at night can have dire consequences.
Theme: Horror, High Interest/Low Vocabulary
Adeline would like to join the cool girls at her middle school, though it means abandoning her friends, and even if it involves a trip to the... [Read More]
Adeline would like to join the cool girls at her middle school, though it means abandoning her friends, and even if it involves a trip to the cemetery at midnight on Halloween--but this is Raven's Pass, and visiting a cemetery at night can have dire consequences.
Theme: Horror, High Interest/Low Vocabulary
Yearning for the extravagant possession of her popular six-grade peers, Eva stumbles into a shop with a mysterious dressing room that promises to... [Read More]
Yearning for the extravagant possession of her popular six-grade peers, Eva stumbles into a shop with a mysterious dressing room that promises to grant her every wish, but discovers her wishes come at a heavy cost.
Theme: Horror, High Interest/Low Vocabulary
Yearning for the extravagant possession of her popular six-grade peers, Eva stumbles into a shop with a mysterious dressing room that promises to... [Read More]
Yearning for the extravagant possession of her popular six-grade peers, Eva stumbles into a shop with a mysterious dressing room that promises to grant her every wish, but discovers her wishes come at a heavy cost.
Theme: Horror, High Interest/Low Vocabulary